Receiver change at the Parkes Dish

September 22, 2016

by Lucero Uscanga (Universidad de Guanajuato) Here two more pictures of my first time in Parkes , August 2011, witnessing a receiver change first hand. In this case the Ku-band […]

ATNF Colloquium – Fast Radio Bursts, video game cards, and the largest telescope in the Southern Hemishphere

September 21, 2016

by Chris Flynn (Swinburne Uni) Abstract. The UTMOST project is the Swinburne University University of Sydney ANU upgrade of the Molonglo Radio Synthesis Telescope, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. […]

My first visit of the Parkes Dish

September 20, 2016

by Lucero Uscanga (Universidad de Guanajuato) Here a few pictures of my first time in Parkes, August 2011. I was collaborating with Philippe Bendjoya, Jose F. Gomez and Olga Suarez […]

Wet season at the ATCA

September 19, 2016

by Jamie Stevens (CASS) With more than 200 mm of rain over the past 60 days, which is more than double the long-term average for this time of the year, […]

On route to ASKAP: Sturt’s Desert Pea

September 16, 2016

by Brett Hiscock (CASS) It’s springtime and the Murchison Shire is teaming with flowers and wildlife. Here a close up the first Sturt’s Desert Pea spotted on route to the […]

Hovermap of the 64-m Parkes Telescope

September 15, 2016

by Phil Edwards (CASS) The image above is a snapshot from a video made by members of the Autonomous Systems Laboratory of CSIRO’s Data 61. The video is a fly-through […]

ASKAP 36-beam image of NGC 7232 field

September 14, 2016

by Juan Madrid (CASS) The image above is an ASKAP continuum image of the NGC 7232 WALLABY Early Science field taken with 12 antennas, forming 36 beams, and a bandwidth […]

ATCA Legacy Projects

September 13, 2016

by Phil Edwards (CASS) Eleven ATCA Legacy Projects were considered by an international Time Assignment Committee (TAC) in early August. The TAC recommended two projects be given the highest priority: […]

Welcome to Christopher Riseley

September 12, 2016

by George Heald (CASS) CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) welcomes Dr Christopher Riseley who joins the Astro Group as an OCE post-doctoral fellow, specialising in low-frequency radio astronomy, galaxy […]

ASKAP Phased-Array Feed No 17

September 9, 2016

by Brett Hiscock (CASS) The roll-out of Phased-Array Feeds (PAFs) on the Australian SKA Pathfinder continues. Currently data are being taken with up to 36 beams on the ASKAP-12 array, […]

The SKA-low site

September 8, 2016

by Lister Staveley-Smith (ICRAR) A recent visit to the Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory (MRO) by (from left to right) Giovanni Bignami (SKA Board chair), Patricia Kelley (DIIS Deputy Secretary, Australian SKA […]

ATNF Colloquium – The Galactic ecosystem: infall and outflow in the halo of the Milky Way

September 7, 2016

by Vanessa Moss (Sydney Uni) Abstract. The ecosystem of a galaxy is driven by the balance between outflows from the star-forming disk and infall due to interactions with nearby galaxies […]